CORNWALL ONTARIO – This has been an interesting season for the Montreal Canadiens. When I wrote in March that the Habs should go hard to land Alex Radulov I had a hunch he was primed to make a major contribution to the team. Combined with Carey Price’s return, and Shea Weber proving he’s not […]

CORNWALL ONTARIO – The post game interviews said it all. Toronto hosted the Vancouver Canucks who dropped their 8th straight loss. The Leafs have a modest 3 game win streak after the scrappy win. Coach Babcock could barely hide his smile as he talked about the chippy affair that had some strong hits on […]

CORNWALL ONTARIO – After going through one of the worst seasons in franchise history, Montreal is once again riding high to kick off their season. Carey Price is back and playing well. There have been few surprises from this squad although not too many expected them to be playing as well as they have […]

Cornwall Ontario – Last season was a bleak year for Canadian hockey fans as nary a single franchise made it to the play offs from North of the border. The Habs had an historic and epic fail after goalie Carey Price was injured. Some murmured about giving up or tanking for the season and many […]

Alas Montreal fans have been rending their garments since the loss of the much beloved PK Subban. For a 2nd round draft pick PK did well. He won a Norris, excelled when it counted, the play offs, and entertained the fans. Sadly, Montreal being Montreal, language politics impact all facets of life and the […]

Two 2nd round picks for Andrew Shaw? Really? Habs GM opened up the draft with a splash sending Lars Eller to the Caps for two future 2nd pics from the Caps. Eller, one of the larger bodies on the Habs that has play off cred took a lot of heat for the failings […]

Tick Tock, tick tock. July 1st is coming fast, but what’s coming faster is the NHL draft. While there are many arguments that can be made about trading any player PK Subban is an interesting case. For whatever reason he’s had a bit of a rough ride in Montreal. In a CAP world when you […]

I have a distinct perception of how The Habs work in a sense. In the 90’s I was their first videographer and created systems far ahead of what we today call analytics. Some of the tools I created way back then still have not been matched. We tend to over analyze certain factors and […]

Addressing needs isn’t easy in today’s NHL. For the Montreal Canadiens one of their needs is on Right Wing as well as getting some grit. Alex Radulov started his career in Quebec notching 61 goals in the Q in 2005/06 playing for Quebec City. Listed as 6’1 and 200 pounds the Russian is […]

Classy move by the Ottawa Senators in rewarding one of my faves, Chris Neil, with a contract extension for next season. The long time tough guy is a great dressing room presence and has a pretty darn good year in limited minutes. Today is trade deadline day in the NHL and so far Ottawa has […]

Going into this season Habs GM Marc Bergevin made very few impact changes. Washington for example, clearly saw a need for some secondary scoring support and nabbed TJ Oshie, and Justin Williams. Montreal saw some lottery tickets. Alex Semin, Zach Kassian, and Tomas Fleischman. While “Flash” had a good start, as […]

They say to judge a sports trade you have to look at the best player involved. In this case, it was Christmas for Ottawa GM as he landed Leafs D man Dion Phaneuf in a block buster trade with the Leafs. While the Leafs are doing their fandangled rebuild from the ground up; the Sens […]

What many Hab fans thought impossible has happened this season. Montreal has fallen behind Boston and Ottawa, and now is two spots out of a Wild Card berth for a play off spot. The Bruins helped themselves in easily knocking out Montreal with their 4-1 victory at the Bell Centre. To add insult to […]

While many Habs fans are in the doldrums over the team’s epic fall from grace including a record month of losses pressure is mounting on GM Marc Bergevin. The Wunderkind is under the gun to resolve issues on the team that simply have not been addressed. As Zack Kassian provides exactly what he was […]

As good as the Habs were in their first twenty games this season is as bad as they’ve been since. Many of the top teams in the league have had injuries. Yes, the one to Price is a biggie, but the loss of Brendan Gallagher and yes, Alex Semin on the right wing have […]

So we’re just over the quarter mark of the 2015/16 NHL and so far the biggest transaction by the Habs has been the long term resigning of GM Marc Bergevin. Frankly I can’t complain. While I might not agree with some of his moves, you have to admit the results are impressive. It’s not […]

Ah the dawn of another season of NHL hockey. A day when every franchise has hope. By Spring we’ll see which team gets to sip from Lord Stanley’s Cup, but for today the playing field is even. Hockey is Canada’s game and I generally tend to cover our Canadian clubs. So […]

With a week before the puck drops to start another season of NHL hockey the big question is what is GM Marc Bergevin’s plan? No major moves were made in the off season. Most of the moves seem to be internal. Alex Galchenyuk moves to Centre, Lars Eller moves to the wing to get […]